'Nightly News' Teases 'Tonight Show' Appearance; Still Ignores NBC Pol

August 6th, 2014 9:14 PM
For the second consecutive night, Wednesday night’s NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams continued its refusal to cover the findings in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in which President Obama’s job approval rating hit a record low. 54 percent of Americans disapprove of how Obama is doing his job, while merely 40 percent approve in what is his lowest percentage since he took office…

NBC Ignores Obama Disapproval at 54% in Own Poll, Yet Declares America

August 6th, 2014 11:16 AM
After NBC Nightly News completely ignored the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll on Tuesday, political director Chuck Todd appeared on Wednesday's Today to promote the survey but skipped the finding that President Obama's job approval rating sank to 40%, with 54% disapproval. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Todd framed the poll results as evidence of an "…

Only CBS Acknowledges Gov’t Missing $619 Billion From Agency Budgets

August 6th, 2014 9:53 AM
On Wednesday, August 6, USA Today reported that the federal website USASpending.gov which is tasked with tracking government money, can’t find $619 billion from different agency budgets.   Despite the government losing track of hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, CBS This Morning was the only network morning show to cover the report on Wednesday morning. ABC’s Good Morning America and…

ABC Out to Lunch on U.S. Attempt to Kindle Political Change in Cuba; C

August 5th, 2014 5:16 PM
As of Tuesday morning, ABC's morning and evening newscasts have yet to cover the Associated Press report that revealed the Obama administration's covert program in Cuba that attempted "recruit young Cubans to anti-government activism" on the communist-dominated island. The AP outlined that "over at least two years, the U.S. Agency for International Development...sent nearly a dozen neophytes…

Networks Hype Israel 'Under Growing Pressure': U.S. 'Appalled' By 'Dis

August 4th, 2014 4:50 PM
All three network morning shows on Monday eagerly touted the Obama administration denouncing Israel after an attack on Hamas targets in Gaza led to civilian deaths. On NBC's Today, correspondent Richard Engel proclaimed: "After another attack on Palestinians taking shelter at a U.N.-run school on Sunday, Washington issued its strongest condemnation yet of its ally. The U.S. State Department…

CBS's Gayle King: Unless Illegal Immigrants Are Doing Something 'Illeg

August 4th, 2014 4:10 PM
According to CBS This Morning host Gayle King on Monday, unless an illegal alien is doing something "illegal," Americans should leave him or her alone. Mike Hogan from Vanity Fair appeared on the program to discuss a new poll about ethical dilemmas and how people respond. Guest host Vinita Nair wondered, "Who's more likely to report an illegal immigrant living next door?"  Hogan discussed the…

ABC, NBC Join CNN in Ignoring Scandal Involving NY Governor Andrew Cuo

August 4th, 2014 12:20 PM
On Monday morning, broadcast networks ABC and NBC and cable news outlet CNN continued their blackout of the investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) and his shuttering of his own anti-corruption commission. Since the story broke on July 23 in The New York Times, neither one of these three news operations have covered the story. CBS This Morning, which previously reported on the…

CBS Reports On Cuomo Corruption Scandal; Still No Coverage From CNN

August 1st, 2014 11:40 AM
CBS This Morning stood out as the lone network morning newscast to cover the growing corruption scandal surrounding New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, devoting 2 minutes and 32 seconds to the story. The program cited a New York Times report that the Governor hired a criminal defense attorney in preparation for possible obstruction of justice or witness tampering charges. Meanwhile, the CNN, NBC…

Not a Peep on CNN About Investigation Into New York Governor Cuomo

July 31st, 2014 11:27 AM
Over the past week, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) has been embroiled in a political scandal following his decision to cancel his own Moreland Commission, created to expose political corruption in the state capitol. On July 23, the New York Times reported “that the governor’s office deeply compromised the panel’s work, objecting whenever the commission focused on groups with ties to Mr. Cuomo or…

Lois Lerner Called Conservatives 'A***holes' and 'Terrorists,' Will Ne

July 30th, 2014 3:07 PM
What will it take for the networks to start covering the IRS scandal again? How about the central figure emonstrating her personal bias against conservatives? On Wednesday CNSNews.com reported the following bombshell: “A newly discovered email exchange from Lois Lerner’s official IRS email account ‘directly demonstrates Ms. Lerner’s deep animus towards conservatives, which she refers to as ‘---…

Only CBS Acknowledges President Obama’s Potential Use of Executive A

July 30th, 2014 12:55 PM
On Wednesday, July 30, CBS This Morning was the only network morning show to report on how President Obama is considering bypassing Congress and issuing a series of executive actions to legalize potentially millions of illegal immigrants. ABC and NBC ignored the potential executive orders altogether.    CBS News Political Director John Dickerson highlighted how President Obama is seeking to “…

CBS Hypes Democrats Fundraising Off Impeachment, Dismisses Boehner Law

July 30th, 2014 10:02 AM
In the wake of Speaker of the House John Boehner’s impending lawsuit against President Obama, CBS This Morning did their best to minimize its merits and instead promote Democratic efforts to raise money off of impeachment.  On Wednesday, July 30, co-anchor Gayle King introduced a report by Nancy Cordes by highlighting how “Democrats are using the lawsuit debate to raise campaign cash and now…

CBS Fawns Over Laverne Cox; Plays Up How Actor Gives 'Hope' to LGBT Co

July 29th, 2014 6:15 PM
Tuesday's CBS This Morning broke out the kid gloves for Laverne Cox, and zeroed in on how the Orange is the New Black actor is "the first openly-transgendered woman ever nominated for an acting Emmy." Charlie Rose spotlighted how "there are people contacting you saying, my God – thank God for you being there, because they've been struggling with identity. And all of a sudden, you give them hope…

CBS Hypes Obama's 'Telephone Diplomacy' With Foreign Leaders, But Down

July 29th, 2014 12:03 PM
CBS This Morning correspondent Bill Plante on Tuesday hyped a new report about Barack Obama's "telephone diplomacy" as an example of just how the President is focused on the multiple foreign policy crises exploding around the world. Charlie Rose trumpeted, "President Obama is spending more time talking with foreign leaders than he has in years." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]  Promoting…